>>The kin selection model was devised to explicate under>>what circumstances alleles responsible for an altruistic behavior, even>>though these allelges are selected against from the perspective of the>>indiviual who has those alleles, would, nonetheless, increase in frequency>>across the species.>>>>D. Read>>dread@anthro.ucla.edu>>If you had said "among the kin" instead of "across the species", what you>said would have made more sense.>

"Among the kin" would imply that the effect is limited to a local breeding
population; the kin selection models were devised to account for species
wide altruistic behaviors.